Chernobyl 31 years on: Photographs from inside the exclusion zone

A child's bedroom lies empty, with toys and clothes still remaining. "The Chernobyl disaster has resulted in at least 50,000 children not being born," claimed regional tabloid KP v Ukraine on the 30th anniversary of the disaster last year. For the citizens of Ukraine, Chernobyl is not just a historical event but an unescapable living reality.